Vectorial design of super-oscillatory lens

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 15090-15101

  Liu, Tao ^a   Tan, Jiubin ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Wang, Hongting ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; SOLS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ANGULAR SPECTRUM THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL PROCESS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; HANKEL TRANSFORM; OBSERVATION PLANES; RADIALLY POLARIZED VECTOR BEAMS; RAYLEIGH-SOMMERFELD DIFFRACTION INTEGRAL; SUB-WAVELENGTH;

DESIGN;

EID: 84879923352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.015090     Document Type: Article

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